ABOUTBANTRY BOOKSHOP

Bantry Bookshop, established in 2003, is an independent book store based in Bantry. Bantry is a vibrant seaside town situated at the head of the 30km long Bantry Bay with the Beara Peninsula to the north and the Sheep's Head Peninsula to the south. The stunning coastline with its dramatic scenery is part of the Wild Atlantic Way.

Among Bantry's many attractions, is Bantry House which was built around 1700. Both the house and extensive gardens are open to visitors. Bantry also has a bustling open-air market every Friday, heritage walking trails and the county's first Blueway Trail, a kayaking and tourism initiative. Every summer, Bantry hosts two successful cultural events - the West Cork Chamber Music Festival and the West Cork Literary Festival.

Bantry Bookshop stocks a wide range of fiction and non-fiction books both for adults and for children. There is also an extensive second hand and bargain book section as well as a large selection of cards, stationery and gifts.

West Cork Literary Festival: July 14th – 21st 2017

Once again Bantry Bookshop is proud to be supporting the West Cork Literary Festival 2017. Copies of participating authors books will be available in the bookshop throughout the festival and at the events.

We will have readings each morning at 11:30am for the duration of the festival from a range of authors and poets. A list of times will be posted shortly.

World Book Day: Thursday 2nd March

Don’t forget it’s World Book Day this, Thursday, 2nd of March. If you have received a Book Token from your school call into the shop to swap it for a FREE World Book Day book or get 1.50 off any children’s book. Valid 27 February – 26 March.

10% Off on 8th of December

New Autobiography by Paul O’Connell in Store Now

The revelatory autobiography of a rugby colossus: Paul O’Connell There has never been a rugby player quite like Paul O’Connell. He is synonymous with passion, heart and determination; but he is also the thinking man’s rugby player, a legendary student of the game. As the heartbeat of Munster, British and Irish Lions captain in 2009, and captain of the first Ireland team to defend a Six Nations championship, O’Connell has emerged as perhaps the most beloved of the golden generation of Irish rugby players. In an autobiography as intense as its author, he tells the story of his remarkable career. ‘This is one of the great players of history …a sportsman for all ages’ Stephen Jones, Sunday Times ‘He’s probably the best player I’ve played against in my career’ Victor Matfield.

Holding by Graham Norton. Now in Stock!

Graham Norton’s masterful debut is an intelligently crafted story of love, secrets and loss. The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama; and yet its inhabitants are troubled. Sergeant PJ Collins hasn’t always been this overweight; mother of- two Brid Riordan hasn’t always been an alcoholic; and elegant Evelyn Ross hasn’t always felt that her life was a total waste.

So when human remains are discovered on an old farm, suspected to be that of Tommy Burke – a former- love of both Brid and Evelyn – the village’s dark past begins to unravel. As the frustrated PJ struggles to solve a genuine case for the first time in his life, he unearths a community’s worth of anger and resentments, secrets and regret. Darkly comic, touching and at times profoundly sad.

Graham Norton employs his acerbic wit to breathe life into a host of loveable characters, and explore – with searing honesty – the complexities and contradictions that make us human.